Udate

Quick update : Sonny is still in the stable, doing everything right. Clive has him out on the track doing light work and he will start this week to work alongside another horse. We reviewed yesterday our general plans for him and believe the best line is as follows. Clive is aiming to have Sonny take a trial before he puts him out to the paddock. It may not happen, but in order to prepare for it we have a couple of things needed.
Clive will have him xrayed this week to confirm all joints and bones (leg/feet) are 100% ok. We want to do this before we put any more work into him. In the trial, we are never sure what a horse will do. If he grits his teeth and decides to "run" then we want to be sure he is 100% ok before exposing him to rigors of the trial.
We have to have him named and fully registered.

This is getting exciting. The trial is a real marker in the deal of racing. As you've all understood, it takes a lot of effort and time to get a yearling from the auctioneers ring to be ready to trial. The trial lets us look at him for the first time around other horses and the story begins to unfold as to how he approaches racing.

So, we'll let Clive deal with the horse while we get a short list of names.

I've broken below into two groups. Those connected to his parentage and those not. My preference is to have something connected, but a killer name is better than something limp. I'd like to hear back from each of you if something in the non-connected group really tickles your fancy. If you really love one of the second group...please shout. If no-one jumps up and down, then we will drop the second group and focus on the first group.


The naming of Sonny: By Bletchingly Park, out of Tenant (by Canny Lad)

1st Group: Names that are connected to his parentage:

Vagabond : from a "hanger" in parks and general nuisance to the public.
Delinquent : even more derogatory name of a "hanger" in parks.
Squatter : a tenant who does not pay rent.
Common Vassal : from English for Park and old English for tenant.
Little Hobo : speaks for itself
Novus Garten : from Latin for "new" ad German for "park"
Sequoia
Forest Ranger
Forest Fire
Wild Fire
Lone Ranger
Sonny the Addict (city parks)
Homeless Sonny (city parks)
Homeless Hero
Loitering Trader - (combo of the two themes)
Monkey Bar
Foxy Fella
Sonny Sanctuary – As in Sonny’s Park

2nd Group: Names not-connected:
Traders Revenge : from no-bloody where - just a thought
Perdido - from ole crabs musical roots (that will need some explaining)
Stardust - from ole crabs musical roots (that will need some explaining)
Angel of Music -- from ole crabs musical roots (that will need some explaining)
Trader's delight
Bear market
Credit crisis
Liquidity injection
Buying the bottom
Ten Bagger
Trader's Remorse
Trader's delight
Hang the Fed
Hang Greenspan
Shoot the Fed
Printing Money
Stay Short
Volatility (or some added word to volatility)
Killer VIX
SonnytheLad – Common on Ladddddieeeee!
Poorbuggerme – no connection to anything - that’s just how I feel at present – and the idea of a horse called poorbuggerme winning the Railways Stakes makes me smile.
Traders Prayer – I like traders revenge, but at moment revenge seems along way away – more divine intervention may be required
Watchful Bob – a more tenuous play on Canny Lad – I just liked the ring to it